Manager, Analytics

Markel Corporation

Richmond, VA

Present - 2022

• Leads a team of data scientists and data engineers building pilot solutions and conducting experimental design at a Fortune 300 specialty insurance company
• Leverages test-and-learn methodology, delivering pilot solutions quickly to small groups to measure value before scaling products
• Prioritizes work based on customer engagement to understand pain-points and identify data-enabled solutions to suit business needs
• Administrator for Azure Subscriptions, Databricks Workspaces, Azure DevOps and VMs, establishing team standards to manage resources and ensure security standards
• Volunteered to run the Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice aimed at expanding AI capabilities across the organization

Senior Data Scientist

Markel Corporation

Richmond, VA

2022 - 2018

• Associate Data Scientist (2018-2020) - Data Scientist (2020-2021)
• Data science developer on an agile sprint team managing applications that prioritize and monitor incoming business submissions
• Develops, maintains, and deploys machine learning models, primarily GLMs, decision trees, and dabbling in unsupervised techniques
• Conducts ad hoc analysis to diagnosis trends, analyze model performance, and make business recommendations based on data and statistical tests
• Co-chairman of the Markel Veteran’s Network, an Employee Resource Group (2020)

Legislative and Military Liaison

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Richmond, VA

2018 - 2014

• Advisor to the commissioner and senior executives of an 1,800-person organization, representing the commissioner at the state legislature and senior-level meetings
• Communicated agency policies to the General Assembly and Military installations

Public Affairs Manager | Print Journalist

U.S. Army

Fort Bragg, NC

2014 - 2005

• Served in a variety of journalism and public relations roles with the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Military Academy and a Special Forces unit, including two deployments to Afghanistan
• Managed small, technical teams supporting high-risk training and deployments
• Named Distinguished Honor Graduate and Distinguished Leader Graduate during two Army leadership training courses

M.S., Decision Analytics | M.B.A.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

N/A

• Distinguished Alumni Award for developing an alumni analytics meetup group

B.S., Political Science

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

N/A